Chapter Summaries

Master and Flender assessed the Shrek Seven Devils’ daunting upcoming duel against the Royal Spirit Battle Team, whose members included powerful clan heirs and a poison-wielding control specialist. Master gave the team only a thirty percent chance of winning, and Ning Rongrong proposed targeting the opposing support spirit master.

• Flender regretted that Little Gang had accepted the duel without negotiating for a higher payment, but Master divided the ten thousand Gold Soul Coins between the students and the academy’s training fund.
• The Shrek Seven Devils studied the Royal Spirit Battle Team’s lineup and discovered that all seven opponents were Silver Spirit Duelists with formidable spirit ranks and abilities.
• Master allowed Tang San to use his Eight Spider Lances but continued to forbid his hidden weapons, then said the team’s chances depended chiefly on Tang San, Lan Xue, Mubai, and Zhu Qing.
• Master and Flender recognized the opponents’ captain and vice captain as likely connected to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the Jade Phosphorous Douluo’s family.
• Master identified Dugu Yan’s poison as the basis of her battlefield control, and Tang San grew more confident because of his knowledge of poison.
• Ning Rongrong suggested that the Shrek Seven Devils make the Royal Spirit Battle Team’s support-type spirit master their primary target.

Ning Rongrong explained the Nine Heart Begonia’s powerful group healing, and Tang San restored the Shrek Seven Devils’ confidence and asked to lead their tactics. The chapter then introduced the Royal Spirit Battle Team as they rested before the duel.

• Ning Rongrong described the Nine Heart Begonia’s lineage and its ability to heal an entire group, warning that the team would need to eliminate its user first.
• Tang San rallied the Shrek Seven Devils by reminding them of their strengths and their record of twenty-seven consecutive victories.
• The Shrek Seven Devils renewed their determination, and Tang San asked Master to let him arrange the upcoming spirit duel.
• Yu Feng and Osler teased each other in the Royal Spirit Battle Team’s VIP room while Yu Tianheng warned them not to become careless.
• Yu Tianheng invited Ye Lingling to sit and rest, but she declined, as the Royal Spirit Battle Team prepared for the match.

Qin Ming warned the Royal Spirit Battle Team that the undefeated Shrek Seven Devils were stronger than their Soul Power levels suggested and ordered his students not to kill or cripple them. The teams were about to meet in the Central Grand Spirit Arena, while Qin Ming privately hoped his students would learn from a setback.

• Qin Ming entered the Royal Spirit Battle Team's VIP room and shared information about their upcoming opponents, the Shrek Seven Devils.
• Dugu Yan and Yu Feng dismissed the Shrek Seven Devils' record and questioned the threat posed by their Blue Silver Grass and Orchid Flower Soul Masters.
• Yu Tianheng studied the team's profiles, and Qin Ming cautioned the Royal Spirit Battle Team not to underestimate them.
• Qin Ming ordered his team not to kill or cripple anyone and told Dugu Yan to detoxify any opponent harmed by her poison after the duel.
• Qin Ming led the Royal Spirit Battle Team toward the Central Grand Spirit Arena, privately hoping the encounter would give them a needed setback.

The Shrek Seven Devils and the Royal Spirit Battle Team assembled for their Team Battle Spirit Duel at the Central Grand Spirit Arena. As both teams released their spirits and took their positions, the Shi Brothers transformed into Black Tortoise Soul Masters, leaving the match poised to begin.

• Dou Dou introduced the Royal Spirit Battle Team, led by Yu Tianheng, and the Shrek Seven Devils, led by Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng locked eyes, each sensing the other's strength before the battle began.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji recognized Qin Ming as the Royal Spirit Battle Team's leader, but Flender deferred explaining their connection until after the duel.
• Dai Mubai led the Shrek Seven Devils in releasing their spirits as Tang San spread Blue Silver Grass across the stage and connected the team with its strands.
• The Shi Brothers took the Royal Spirit Battle Team's front line and transformed, forming large turtle shells across their backs and fronts.

After the Shrek Seven Devils won their team battle, Master granted them a half-month break before their next training stage. Qin Ming, a former Shrek student and now instructor of the Royal Spirit Battle Team, reunited with Flender and Zhao Wuji, while Flender revealed that Master was Yu Tianheng’s uncle from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

• Master praised the Shrek Seven Devils for passing the second-stage training test and gave them half a month off.
• Qin Ming arrived, knelt to greet Flender and Zhao Wuji, and reaffirmed that he would always be Shrek Academy’s student.
• Flender introduced Qin Ming to Master and the seven students, then revealed that Yu Tianheng was Master’s nephew.
• Master objected to Flender revealing his connection to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and left, stopping Tang San from following him.
• Flender explained that Qin Ming had been Shrek Academy’s first graduate and its most outstanding student, whose record the younger students had surpassed.
• Qin Ming told Flender that he taught at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Flender invited him and the students to continue their conversation at the hotel.

After defeating the Royal Spirit Battle Team, the Shrek Seven Devils collected their rewards and rapidly earned Silver and Gold Spirit Duelist ranks. Master met his nephew Yu Tianheng, explained how pride had led to his defeat, and revealed the exceptional ages and strength of Tang San and Lan Xue; the chapter ends with Qin Ming learning how young the Shrek Seven Devils are.

• The Shrek Seven Devils discussed their victory and learned about Heaven Dou Royal Academy before Manager Ao awarded them their battle rewards and calculated their points.
• Tang San and Lan Xue earned Gold Spirit Duelist Badges, while the other members reached Silver rank; Manager Ao said teams of their rank and age were almost unheard of.
• Master met Yu Tianheng privately, comforted him after the defeat, and told him to discard the pride that had undermined his team.
• Master revealed that Tang San was Rank 32 at thirteen and Lan Xue had reached the same level at twelve, leaving Yu Tianheng astonished.
• Tang San wondered whether his missing father would return, and Lan Xue reassured him as the group headed back to the inn.
• Qin Ming asked about the Shrek Seven Devils’ ages, and Flender explained that most had enrolled before turning twelve.

After completing their second stage of training, the Shrek Academy group prepared to move to Heaven Dou Royal Academy as exchange students so the Seven Devils could train and compete in the All-Continent Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament. Back at Shrek, Tang San discussed arranging for Ning Rongrong’s clan to manufacture parts for his hidden weapons.

• Qin Ming praised the Seven Devils’ talent, and Ma Hongjun ordered nearly everything on the menu before Qin Ming offered to pay for the meal.
• Master proposed that the Seven Devils temporarily attend Heaven Dou Royal Academy, with Shrek’s teachers continuing to educate them and the academy agreeing not to interfere.
• Flender initially objected, but Ma Hongjun’s comparison of the arrangement to borrowing a chicken to lay eggs helped Flender accept Master’s plan.
• The Shrek group returned home after completing their month of spirit battles, and Master assigned the Seven Devils two months to recover, absorb their combat experience, and cultivate Soul Power before moving to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Ning Rongrong told Lan Xue that her clan’s rules prevented direct descendants from marrying support-system Soul Masters, while the two girls discussed their feelings about Oscar, Tang San, and Dai Mubai.
• Tang San visited Ning Rongrong to discuss making hidden-weapon parts, and she offered to have her family’s blacksmiths produce them.

Tang San spent forty-nine days forging hidden weapons and tools, strengthening himself and reaching Soul Power level thirty-three before presenting the Shrek Seven Devils with Flying Sky Divine Claws. After the academy’s two-month rest period ended, the group left Shrek Academy for Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

• Tang San devoted himself to forging for forty-nine days while Lan Xue quietly brought him clean clothes, water, and food.
• Tang San completed eighteen iron balls, reached level thirty-three, and showed the Shrek Seven Devils how the Flying Sky Divine Claw could crush stone and pull its wearer toward distant targets.
• Tang San gave six custom-made Flying Sky Divine Claws to the other members of the Shrek Seven Devils, while Lan Xue declined one.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji reflected on leaving Shrek Academy before Flender led the group out toward Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

The Shrek Academy group traveled toward Heaven Dou City, and Flender tried to turn their visit to Silves City’s Great Spirit Arena into an opportunity to earn money. When the Shrek Seven Devils could not find a suitable opponent at their rank, Master arranged for them to challenge the vicious Dire Fiend Battle Team.

• Flender pushed the group to cover about four hundred kilometers on their first day, exhausting the Shrek Seven Devils, while Tang San massaged Lan Xue’s legs at the inn that night.
• The group entered Silves City, where Flender treated them to an expensive dinner before directing them to enter a Team Battle at the Great Spirit Arena.
• The arena staff said no team in the Shrek Seven Devils’ rank bracket could face them, and Flender refused to let them challenge a fortieth-level team.
• Master chose the notoriously vicious Dire Fiend Battle Team as their opponent, and the teachers agreed to let the Shrek Seven Devils fight them.
• Meng Li, captain of the Dire Fiend Battle Team, had grown frustrated because the other Silver Spirit Duelist teams had boycotted his team for its deadly fighting style.

The Shrek Seven Devils challenged the Dire Fiend Battle Team across ranks and annihilated them instantly with Godly Zhuge Crossbows. Shaken by their first human kills, the Shrek Seven Devils left Silves City before dawn and continued toward the Heaven Dou Empire's capital.

• Meng Li led the Dire Fiend Battle Team to Silves Grand Spirit Arena for its challenge match against the Shrek Seven Devils, while Flender and a merchant placed large bets on Shrek.
• Master warned Flender that the Godly Zhuge Crossbows could be blocked by powerful spirit skills, but explained that the Dire Fiend Battle Team would not expect the weapons.
• At Tang San's command, the Shrek Seven Devils fired their loaded crossbows as Meng Li ordered his team to charge, killing all seven opponents in an instant.
• The Shrek Seven Devils recoiled from the slaughter, and Master and Flender urged them to accept that killing was a hardship Spirit Masters would face.
• Flender collected the team's winnings, and the Shrek Seven Devils left Silves City before dawn to continue toward the Heaven Dou Empire's capital.

The Shrek group reached Heaven Dou Royal Academy and found it sprawled across a mountain, but their arrival was met with insults from its students. Dai Mubai attacked the students at the entrance, and the chapter ended with the Shrek teachers judging the academy's students as weak.

• Ning Rongrong guided Flender and the others to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, which occupied a mountain, forest, and lake outside the capital.
• Flender complained about the academy while Master and Zhao Wuji teased him about Shrek Academy and its closure.
• Ten Heaven Dou Royal Academy students blocked the group and called them beggars, demanding that they leave.
• Dai Mubai kicked the leading student and activated his martial soul, then sent several more students flying.
• Flender and the other Shrek teachers frowned at the poor quality of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy students.

After Dai Mubai routed Heaven Dou Royal Academy students, Sun Bu Yu apologized and escorted the Shrek Academy group inside as they came to find Qin Ming. The group admired the academy’s extensive grounds and mimicry cultivation areas, while Xue Beng vowed to drive them out.

• Dai Mubai defeated the Heaven Dou Royal Academy students, and Flender ordered him to stop before anyone was seriously injured.
• Sun Bu Yu arrived, learned the visitors were from Shrek Academy seeking Qin Ming, apologized for the conflict, and invited them in.
• After the Shrek group departed, Xue Beng vowed to seek revenge and drive them out of the academy.
• Sun Bu Yu described Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s students, teachers, and numerous mimicry cultivation grounds as he led the group up the mountain.
• Tang San sensed his Blue Silver Grass Spirit respond to the plant-filled surroundings, while Lan Xue felt the plants’ faith power changing her physique.
• At the reception room, the teachers praised the academy, and Flender joked that they might retire there.

Qin Ming welcomed the Shrek Academy teachers and students to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and arranged their lodging. After explaining the academy’s hierarchy and generous teacher benefits, he led them to meet the three Soul Douluo on its Council of Education.

• Qin Ming escorted Flender and the Shrek Academy group to a prepared courtyard and hosted a lavish dinner for them.
• The next morning, Qin Ming explained Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s student and teacher ranks, its Council of Education, and the three thousand Gold Soul Coins monthly pay for Heavenly Dou Grade teachers.
• Flender agreed to meet the academy’s three senior Council members, and Qin Ming led the group to the Council building.
• The three elderly Soul Douluo, dressed in Spirit Hall’s formal black robes, waited at the entrance to greet them.

Flender and the Shrek Academy group met the three Soul Douluo leaders of the Council of Education, who welcomed them warmly and praised their students. Zhi Lin tested Tang San and Lan Xue with steadily increasing Soul Power pressure, and the chapter ended with him continuing the test after Lan Xue withdrew the fragrance that had shielded Tang San.

• Flender greeted Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin, and they introduced themselves as the three Soul Douluo leaders of the Council of Education.
• Meng Shenji welcomed the Shrek Academy teachers and students, promised them support without imposing teaching duties, and praised the Shrek Seven Devils for defeating the Royal Spirit Battle Team.
• At Zhi Lin's request, Tang San and Lan Xue stepped forward as the academy's outstanding control-system students.
• Zhi Lin tested the pair with Soul Power pressure, and Tang San resisted it by circulating the Mysterious Heaven Skill while Lan Xue initially felt almost nothing.
• Lan Xue released her fragrance of a hundred flowers to repel the pressure and protect Tang San, then withdrew it after he signaled that he was fine.
• Zhi Lin resumed increasing the pressure, astonished by Lan Xue's ability to shield Tang San with her fragrance.

Tang San endured Zhi Lin’s Soul Power pressure until his Eight Spider Lances emerged and fused completely with his body. Master explained the transformation, while Lan Xue teased Tang San afterward.

• Zhi Lin increased his pressure on Tang San and Lan Xue, who both resisted without releasing their spirit souls.
• Tang San released Blue Silver Grass, which swayed to redirect much of Zhi Lin’s pressure.
• Zhi Lin raised the pressure to level forty-five, pushing Tang San toward his limit as Lan Xue grew worried.
• Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass scattered, revealing his Eight Spider Lances as his External Soul Bone fused with his body.
• Master thanked Zhi Lin for helping Tang San achieve the fusion, then Lan Xue squeezed Tang San’s muscles while he protested.

The Shrek group discussed Tang San’s External Soul Bone with the Heaven Dou Royal Academy elders, who promised to keep it secret and provide the students with excellent cultivation conditions. Tang San recovered from his breakthrough, opened the First Meridian, and gained another rank of Soul Power.

• Meng Shenji and the other elders recognized Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances as an External Soul Bone, and Master asked them to keep the secret.
• The three elders swore not to reveal Tang San’s treasure, while Flender explained why Shrek Academy had come to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Meng Shenji promised the Shrek students the academy’s best cultivation facilities without demanding that they represent it in battle.
• Tang San recovered, retracted his Eight Spider Lances faster than before, and opened the First Meridian.
• Lan Xue noticed Tang San’s Soul Power had risen another rank and secretly raised her own Soul Power to rank thirty-four.

Prince Xue Xing arrived at the Council of Education Hall with Xue Beng and challenged Shrek Academy’s standing after learning that its members had beaten the Fourth Prince. He demanded that they survive five minutes against Mister Dugu, and the chapter ended as Mister Dugu opened his eyes and fixed his gaze on Dai Mubai.

• Meng Shenji agreed to leave the arrangements for Shrek Academy’s cooperation to Qin Ming.
• Prince Xue Xing entered the hall with Xue Beng and the mysterious green-haired elder, Mister Dugu.
• Meng Shenji introduced Flender and explained that Shrek Academy’s teachers had come to discuss cooperation with Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Prince Xue Xing questioned the teachers’ qualifications and cited Xue Beng’s claim that they had beaten him.
• Prince Xue Xing challenged the Shrek Academy group to last five minutes against Mister Dugu, and Mister Dugu opened his eyes to stare at Dai Mubai.

Prince Xue Xing used Dugu Bo’s power to force Shrek Academy out of Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while the three council members confronted the Poison Douluo. Flender led Shrek away, and Dugu Yan arrived to greet her grandfather.

• Dugu Bo incapacitated Dai Mubai, then revealed his nine Soul Rings and demanded that Shrek Academy prove its strength.
• Master identified Dugu Bo and tried to lead Flender and the others away, warning that the Poison Douluo’s strength put them all at risk.
• Meng Shenji and the other two council members challenged Dugu Bo, bringing both sides to the brink of battle.
• Prince Xue Xing argued with Meng Shenji as Flender decided to leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy rather than endanger Shrek Academy.
• Dugu Yan entered and ran to her grandfather, and Dugu Bo warmly praised her improved strength.

After Prince Xue Xing drove Shrek Academy out of Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Qin Ming resigned and joined the group. The Shrek teachers and students headed for Heaven Dou City, where they would decide whether to reopen their academy.

• Dugu Yan recognized Lan Xue and Tang San, while Dugu Bo watched the Shrek group leave the Council of Education Hall.
• Qin Ming resigned from Heaven Dou Royal Academy and caught up with Flender and the others after condemning the royal family's treatment of Shrek Academy.
• Meng Shenji rebuked Prince Xue Xing, who left with Xue Beng and privately told him to claim Shrek had attacked first.
• Dai Mubai proposed making Shrek Academy bigger and earning money through the Spirit Duel Tournament, and the students supported him.
• Flender declined Ning Rongrong's offer to take the group to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and chose to rest in Heaven Dou City before deciding what to do next.
• Qin Ming knelt before Flender, apologized, and urged him to reopen Shrek Academy; the group then continued toward Heaven Dou City.

Flender led the Shrek Academy group to Blue Tyrant Advanced Soul Master Academy to seek teaching positions and a place for his disciples to study. Qin Ming began the teacher assessment by revealing his level-sixty-two strength, leaving the academy’s examiners visibly intimidated.

• Qin Ming explained Blue Tyrant Academy’s background and its rivalry with Heaven Dou Royal Academy, prompting Flender to decide to apply there rather than rebuild Shrek Academy.
• Flender and the Shrek Seven Devils agreed to follow his decision, and Lan Xue privately celebrated the prospect.
• Qin Ming guided the group through Heaven Dou City to Blue Tyrant Academy, where Flender asked to apply as a teacher and enroll his disciples.
• A receptionist brought the applicants to the assessment hall, where three teachers required candidates above level forty to spar for ten minutes.
• Qin Ming released his martial soul, announced that he was a level-sixty-two Blazing Fire Wolf Battle Soul Emperor, and challenged one of the examiners to face him.